Section B: Opposition to, impact of, Reformation, 1534-40

• who was elizabeth barton:?

  Elizabeth Barton was an English nun who was executed for treason in 1534 for speaking out against King Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon.
• what did elizabeth barton claim in 1525?

  that the virgin mary had appeared to her in a vision and miraculously cured her
• what did elizabeth barton start to do in 1527?

  she started attacking henry's plans to divorce catherine, and protestant ideas in general.
• what did elizabeth barton do in a face to face meeting with the king in 1532?

  she warend him that is he married anne boleyn, he would die a villian's death within a month.
• what happened in july 1533 to elizabeth barton?

  was arrested and taken to the tower of london. all 700 copies of the nun's book were destroyed.
• what happened in november 1533 to barton?

  forced to confess to lying about her visions
• what happened to barton in april 1534?

  she was executed
• who was john fisher?

  appointed the bishop of rochester in 1504, and had tutored henry as a young prince
• what did john fisher believe about henry's actions?

  he was opposed that by claiming the pope's power as his own, henry was a committing a mortal sin.
• what happened to john fisher when barton was arrested?

  as he is linked to her, he was at risk of being charged with treason.
• what happened to fisher in april 1534?

  henry demanded that fisher take the oath of succession. when he refused, he was sent to the tower of london.
• what did the pope do in may 1535?

  pope announced that fisher would be made cardinal to hopefully encorage henry to be more lenient.
• when was fisher executed for treason?

  june 1535
• who was sir thomas more?

  one of europe's leading scholars, and was appinted lord chancellor in 1529, following the fall of wolsey. he was a devout catholic, and banned all protestant books and personally hunted out and interrogated suspected heretics.
• when did more decide to no longer work for henry?

  1532
• when did henry ask more to take the oath of succession?

  april 1534
• what happened to more when he refused to take the oath of succession?

  he was sent to the tower of london, in which he remained in for year, always refusing to give his reason to not give the oath of succession.
• when was more put on trial?

  july 1535
• what was more executed under?

  the new treason act
• what did more become after his death?

  a martyr for the catholic cause